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Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2007; 05(03): 243-245
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1557387
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1557387
Case Report
Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images and blood perfusion of hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia-epilepsy syndrome
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26 November 2006
04 March 2007
Publication Date:
30 July 2015 (online)
Abstract
Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images and brain blood perfusion scintigraphy are useful tools in identifying the cause of cerebral lesions. We report serial simultaneous diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images and brain blood perfusion scintigraphy of hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia-epilepsy syndrome. In this case, the involved hemisphere revealed high intensity on diffusion-weighted images and slight hyperperfusion on brain blood perfusion scintigraphy 7 days after the seizure. Accordingly, neurotoxic, rather than ischemic, cellular edema might be the cause of hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia-epilepsy syndrome in the acute phase.